Just a bunch of acknowledgement forms -- some haven't even gotten to the EOE cards yet. Oh, and two schools did directly state in their acknowledgement letters that they were hoping to contact finalists for more materials in mid to late Nov and schedule interviews for MLA in early Dec. Not the most ideal timeline, but at least they communicated it.

--Very good! It's nice to keep the fellowship alive and understand where we all stand in this wild year. Much thanks!

Also appears as though several of these schools will be bypassing MLA (though MLA isn't a concern at all for Rutgers Childhood Studies Dept.), going straight to campus interviews. Apparently there are restrictions/parameters on this, that schools can't do it too early in relation to MLA, so that candidates can make informed choices, etc.

OK, Let's clean some of this up a little:

CHILDREN'S/YA LIT

Texas A&M:

MLA interview set, 12/4 (x2)

Did they ask anyone who is asst prof and not advanced asst like the job ad said???

Yes -- I set up an interview as an assistant prof, not advanced assistant. (x2)

12/5: Yes, I set up an interview as well, and I currently work as an adjunct

Central Michigan:

Acknowledgment through email, 10/21

Phone interview Set, 11/18

Campus Interviews are being scheduled, 12-14

Missouri St.:

Letter of acknowledgment, 10/27

Rejection letter, received 11/29 (x2)

Letter received on 1/20 stating that the search has been *temporarily* frozen, but will contact candidates again in late January on the status of the search.

Christopher Newport:

Letter of acknowledgment snail mail, 11/7

Has this school scheduled any interviews yet? 12/12

No. -- They will meet next week to decide on interviews. 12/12

Interview scheduled, 12/15 (x2)

Has anyone heard from CNU about on-campus interviews? They were supposed to have met a couple weeks ago on this.

Currently, this position is one of many supposedly under a soft-freeze until the U can make a decision on where to allocate resources. THere is no timetable announced for this yet.

April 11th: and apparently there won't be -- received letter from director of personal management: position was filled. Did they aeven have on campus interviews? (x2)

Funny you should mention this... I was wondering the same thing. I don't know if they went with an internal stopgap hire, or if they just decided to bring the person they wanted for the job in... or what. I suppose in these economic times a private school can do whatever they need to in order to fill the spot.

Rutgers, Camden (Childhood Studies Dept.):

Letter of acknowledgment snail mail, 10/20

Anyone heard any news about interviews from Rutgers? 12/11

No, but I don't think its too much of a concern right now since they don't interview at MLA. However, we might want to check the job wikis for other fields since their childhood studies dept includes history, economics, psychology, education, sociology, criminal justice, etc. Also, their chair is CL and they have quite a few CL profs already -- maybe they're not going the lit route this time???

No noise on the Family Studies listing of this job -- probably post-holiday interviews.

Rejection letter received. 1/13.

Pacific Lutheran:

Letter of acknowledgment snail mail, 11/7 and EEO form, 11/17

Any word if this has been frozen?? I noticed their other search seems to be halted too.

It's not frozen. I scheduled an interview today. 12/13 (x2)

Really? On a Saturday? 12/13 (x2 -- Are they emailing people or calling?)

I scheduled mine by phone.

Scheduled a campus visit (1/6)

Offer made and accepted.

Howard Community College (Part-Time/Adjunct):

Azusa Pacific U:

CHILDREN'S & YA LIT WITH ENGLISH EDUCATION/SECONDARY EDUCATION METHODS This whole area seems mildly underdeveloped - has anyone heard anything from these schools?